The Incident at Lake Nyos Is One of History’s Deadliest Unknown Natural Disasters
Lake Nyos in Cameroon is a crater lake – the water there poured in after an incredibly explosive volcanic eruption forged the large divot. It appears innocuous and silent, and even though the view is spectacular, the lake could be easily overlooked. If you know its eerie history, though, you’ll definitely spend some time contemplating...
Archaeological Dig on Mt. Zion Reveals the Babylonian Destruction of Jerusalem
The fall of Jerusalem, including the destruction of King Solomon’s temple, is one of the most significant events of the Old Testament. The Babylonian siege ended in 586 (or 587) B.C.E. and cost much of the local population their lives or their freedom. Exile in Babylon lasted 50 years, and the entire event is commemorated...
Sony Is Releasing a New Walkman to Commemorate Its 40th Anniversary
I remember it like it was yesterday. It must’ve been about 1984 when my older brother Rich got a Walkman for Christmas. I was mesmerized by it. Of course, I wasn’t allowed to touch it, but I did admire it from afar until I got my own a few years later and started amassing a...
People Share the “Most Generation X” Things They Ever Did
Ahhhh, the people of Generation X. We had good music, good movies, good TV shows, etc. But good taste? Well… Hey, Gen X includes me, so I’m allowed to laugh and mock it all I want. A Twitter user threw out this question and the Twitter-verse went all aflutter with great responses. What’s the most...
10 Photos of the Real Serial Killers in ‘Mindhunter’ and the Actors Who Portrayed Them
The second season on Netflix’s hit show Mindhunter dropped in August and fans are pretty happy about how the new episodes turned out. The show is based on true events surrounding how the FBI established their behavioral science unit in the 1970s to study serial killers and other murderers. In real life, as in the show, the...
